⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 1:49 · MIA 75-63 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Udonis Haslem misses technical free throw
Q4 1:46 · MIA 84-80 LAL
- Missed FT
Udonis Haslem misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:54 · MIA 88-84 LAL
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:06 · MIA 88-87 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Lamar Odom misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:32 · MIA 84-77 LAL
- Missed FT
Lamar Odom misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:32 · MIA 84-77 LAL
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:08 · MIA 88-86 LAL
📊The numbers
| MIA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 14 | Assists | 16 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
